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[ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary
(e.g: the plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters)
- (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms
- denoting or relating to organisms in a particular community that belong to the second trophic level among its consumers, and consume primary consumers
(e.g: when a bear eats a plant-eating rodent, the bear is functioning as a secondary consumer)
- relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer
(e.g: the primary and secondary coils of the transformer)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus (see second)
[ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a secondary school
- a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer
- a secondary feather
- the Secondary or Mesozoic era
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late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus (see second)
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